Washington's Wake

I am rather disgusted by this notion that Republicans are ‘standing with their arms folded saying no.’ If folks don’t disabuse people of that notion, the argument is lost.

There is currently a three pronged attack from the left, and I think it’ll be effective in time to salvage both majorities in 2010 and hold the presidency in 2012 unless conservatives wise up. The attacks are about framing everything that happens in terms of Republcians part of the problem not the solution.

1) Republicans have no ideas.

2) Republicans are stupid/radical/cruel/ignorant (any other ad hominem you wish to insert here)

3) Republicans made this mess.

The ‘arms folded saying no’ remark clearly frames the Republicans as petulant fools who offer nothing. I have heard dozens of ideas floated by serious republicans, most of which I hate, but that doesn’t’ mean the ideas aren’t out there or being offered up. It means the majority chooses to ignore them and frame them as unserious.

The Sarah Palin attack today is a continuation of the ‘republicans are stupid’ vein of attack. First attack dog takes a bite, gets blood in the water.Now, over the next few days, she’ll be smeared by progressively more and more respected reporters, and all the while conservative pundits will be on the defensive.

The last one, i expect to hear a lot of in the speech tonight, since these attacks are coordinated by the Democratic National Socialists .. aka the NatSos. I expect Obama to combine the framing of the conservatives as do-nothing ignoramuses with the revised history that squarely places all blame for this mess on the Republicans.

Not only Bush but the purported ‘republican congress’ which, by my estimation never had a clear majority during the Bush years. While, yes, they did have majority numbers, they were soft. They were so rife with ‘moderates’ they could never actually move meaningful legislation. Bush’s tendency to compromise only made matters much much worse.

If the conservatives want to win the argument, they are going to have to be MUCH more forceful in their defense and attacks on Democrats. this is very hard seeing as Democrats (aka Verucacrats) have advantages of resources (cash), higher ground (majority in congress) and infrastructure (media). Conservatives have advantage of real numbers, philosophical consistency and realistic view of the way the world works. But since the left continually defines the language and the debate, it’s hard to see how the right is going to get back in the game.

If I were coordinating the response I would consider these things:

a) Ridicule. This works. They are laughable fools and they should be exposed loudly and often as such. They are not serious people and they are not serious thinkers. The majority of the voices from the left are caricatures . While it isn’t very funny that they’re in power, we should still laugh at them. Laughter is far more piercing than vitriol.

b) Call them liars every time the lying liars lie. Undermine the trust the public has in them. AND, don’t lie. Period. Don’t do it. Tell the truth, even if it hurts you. Don’t spin the truth. Don’t exaggerate the truth. Just tell the damned truth. Verucacrats are spoiled, selfish liars – they don’t even realize they’re lying. It’s more of a reality deficit disorder.

c) Correct the record. Do not allow them to rewrite history. They are responsible for the myriad failing government ponzi schemes and they need to own it.

d) Steal their words. Whatever words they use, steal them and use them as they were originally intended. Do not allow them to spoil the language - it is the currency of politics and the way ideas are created. Once they have destroyed the words that describe the problems and the truth, then neither are accessible in the future.

e) Make ideas public and welcome debate. Don’t be squeamish about the debate. Let everyone argue with the ideas. If they are rational and if they are real, and if conservatives fight for them and defend them then they will win out. But as long as the media keeps conservative thought hidden, obscured and reviled, then this fight is lost.

Right now, Conservatives are losing badly and unless they change their tactics and devise a cohesive strategy, any chance of restoring the Republic is gone. Letting the debate constantly reflect the twisted mushy minds of the masses led by emotion rather than reason is not going to win anything ever.

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